Design Concepts For Engineers

✍ Scribed by Mark N. Horenstein

• Publisher: Pearson Education
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 300
• Edition: 4
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
1 WHAT IS ENGINEERING?
1.1 Engineering Has Many Fields
1.1.1 Aeronautical Engineering
1.1.2 Agricultural Engineering
1.1.3 Biomedical Engineering
1.1.4 Chemical Engineering
1.1.5 Civil Engineering
1.1.6 Computer Engineering
1.1.7 Electrical Engineering
1.1.8 Environmental Engineering
1.1.9 Industrial Engineering
1.1.10 Materials Engineering
1.1.11 Mechanical Engineering
1.1.12 Mechatronics Engineering
1.1.13 Naval Engineering
1.1.14 Nuclear Engineering
1.1.15 Petroleum Engineering
1.1.16 Systems Engineering
1.2 Some Engineering Professional Organizations
1.2.1 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (www.aiaa.org)
1.2.2 Biomedical Engineering Society (www.bmes.org)
1.2.3 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (www.aiche.org)
1.2.4 American Society of Civil Engineers (www.asce.org)
1.2.5 Association for Computing Machinery (www.acm.org)
1.2.6 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (www.ieee.org)
1.2.7 IEEE Computer Engineering Society (www.computer.org)
1.2.8 Institute of Industrial Engineers (www.iienet.org)
1.2.9 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (www.asme.org)
1.2.10 Society of Petroleum Engineers (www.spe.org)
1.2.11 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (www.asabe.org)
1.2.12 American Society of Naval Engineers (www.navalengineers.org)
1.3 The Engineer: Central to Project Management
1.4 Engineering: A Set of Skills
1.4.1 Knowledge
1.4.2 Experience
1.4.3 Intuition
Key Terms
2 WHAT IS DESIGN?
2.1 The Use of the Word “Design”
2.2 The Difference between Analysis, Design, and Replication
2.3 Good Design Versus Bad Design
2.4 The Design Cycle
2.4.1 Define the Overall Objectives
2.4.2 Gather Information
2.4.3 Identify and Evaluate Possible Design Strategies
2.4.4 Make a First Cut at the Design
2.4.5 Model and Analyze
2.4.6 Build, Document, and Test
2.4.7 Revise and Revise Again
2.4.8 Test the Product Thoroughly
2.5 Generating Ideas
2.5.1 Ground Rules for Brainstorming
2.5.2 Formal Brainstorming Method
2.5.3 Informal Brainstorming
2.6 Design Examples
2.6.1 Model Vehicle Design Competition
2.6.2 DVD Production Facility
2.6.3 Automatic Pipette Machine
Summary
Key Terms
Problems
3 PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND TEAMWORK SKILLS
3.1 Working in Teams
3.1.1 Building an Effective Team
3.1.2 Organizational Chart
3.1.3 The Job Description
3.1.4 Team Contact List
3.1.5 Team Meetings
3.1.6 Working with Other Teams in the Organization
3.2 Managing Tasks: Keeping the Project on Track
3.2.1 Checklist
3.2.2 Timeline
3.2.3 Gantt Chart
3.2.4 PERT Chart
3.3 Documentation: The Key to Project Success
3.3.1 Paper versus Electronic Documentation
3.3.2 The Engineer’s Logbook (Notebook)
3.3.3 Logbook Format
3.3.4 Using Your Engineer’s Logbook
3.3.5 Technical Reports and Memoranda
3.3.6 Software Documentation and the Role of the Engineering Notebook
3.3.7 The Importance of Logbooks: a Case Study
3.4 Legal Issues: Intellectual Property, Patents, and Trade Secrets
3.4.1 Patents
3.4.2 Patent Jargon
Key Terms
Problems
4 ENGINEERING TOOLS
4.1 Estimation
4.2 Working with Numbers
4.2.1 International System of Units (SI)
4.2.2 Reconciling Units
4.2.3 Significant Figures
4.2.4 Dimensioning and Tolerance
4.3 Types of Graphs
4.3.1 Semilog Plots
4.3.2 Log–Log Plots
4.3.3 Polar Plots
4.3.4 Three-Dimensional Graphs
4.4 Prototyping
4.5 Reverse Engineering
4.6 Computer Analysis
4.7 Specification Sheets
4.8 The Internet
4.9 Spreadsheets in Engineering Design
4.10 Solid Modeling and Computer-Aided Drafting
4.10.1 Why an Engineering Drawing?
4.10.2 Types of Drawings
4.11 System Simulation
4.12 Electronic Circuit Simulation
4.13 Graphical Programming
4.14 Microprocessors: The “Other” Computer
Key Terms
Problems
5 THE HUMAN–MACHINE INTERFACE
5.1 How People Interact with Machines
5.2 Ergonomics
5.2.1 Putting Ergonomics to Work
5.3 Cognition
5.4 The Human–Machine Interface: Case Studies
Key Terms
Problems
6 ENGINEERS AND THE REAL WORLD
6.1 Society’s View of Engineering
6.2 How Engineers Learn From Mistakes
6.3 The Role of Failure in Engineering Design: Case Studies
6.3.1 Case 1: Tacoma Narrows Bridge
6.3.2 Case 2: Hartford Civic Center
6.3.3 Case 3: Space Shuttle Challenger
6.3.4 Case 4: Kansas City Hyatt
6.3.5 Case 5: Three Mile Island
6.3.6 Case 6: USS Vincennes
6.3.7 Case 7: Hubble Telescope
6.3.8 Case 8: de Haviland Comet
6.3.9 Case 9: The Collapsing Roof Panels
6.4 Preparing for Failure in your Own Design
Key Terms
References
Problems
7 LEARNING TO SPEAK, WRITE, AND MAKE PRESENTATIONS
7.1 The Importance of Good Communication Skills
7.2 Preparing for Meetings, Presentations, and Conferences
7.3 Preparing for A Formal Presentation
7.4 Writing Electronic Mail, Letters, and Memoranda
7.4.1 Writing Electronic Mail Messages
7.4.2 Header
7.4.3 First Sentence
7.4.4 Body
7.4.5 Writing Formal Memos and Letters
7.5 Writing Technical Reports, Proposals, and Journal Articles
7.5.1 Technical Report
7.5.2 Journal Paper
7.5.3 Proposal
7.6 Preparing an Instruction Manual
7.6.1 Introduction
7.6.2 Setup
7.6.3 Operation
7.6.4 Safety
7.6.5 Troubleshooting
7.6.6 Appendices
7.6.7 Repetition
7.7 Producing Good Technical Documents: A Strategy
7.7.1 Plan the Writing Task
7.7.2 Find a Place to Work
7.7.3 Define the Reader
7.7.4 Make Notes
7.7.5 Create Topic Headings
7.7.6 Take a Break
7.7.7 Write the First Draft
7.7.8 Read the Draft
7.7.9 Revise the Draft
7.7.10 Revise, Revise, and Revise Again
7.7.11 Review the Final Draft
7.7.12 Common Writing Errors
Key Terms
Problems
INDEX
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